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August 2nd, 2012
02:53 PM ET
Openness and the Opening Ceremony
"This is for everyone."
That was the tweet from Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee which was displayed to the world during the London Olympics opening ceremony.
I spoke to Berners-Lee about his commitment to a World Wide Web that is both open and accessible. Although he defended the removal of unauthorized online video by the International Olympics Committee, he didn't mince words about countries where active online censorship takes place.
Berners-Lee said, "Censorship is generally a bad thing. Weak governments worry they need to control information."
On Twitter
"We won't be signing off until the world ends. We'll be on, and we will cover the end of the world live, and that wâ€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…iM
RT @CurtisSChin: And in the USA: The average annual growth between July 2010 and July 2019 was 0.66% compared to an average of .97% the pre…
RT @RobynCurnowCNN: We are seeing the best and worst of humanity in #Myanmar says @RapporteurUn - as the junta hunts civilians in nighttime…
In the world's most populous country, population growth is slipping.
#China reported an average growth rate of 0.5â€twitter.com/i/web/status/1…o0
Another step in opening up the web is... Executable English.
It opens up the knowledge in applications so that non-programmers can read, and socially write, self explaining applications.
Google: "Executable English"